Clik here to view.
The violence inherent in the system
I tried to write something yesterday, after absorbing what had happened in Connecticut. Several times I sat with the Add New Post page staring at me, but I just didn’t know what to say, what I wanted...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Practicing the craft
So since around 1992, I had story ideas. At the time, three small children took most of my focus, but even those adorable sprites couldn’t quiet my overactive imagination. I even managed a script for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lovely start to the weekend
A few days back the Liebster award was bestowed upon this blog by Cheryl Fassett, thanks so much Cheryl! Blog awards come with rules, and I have to admit that while I try to comply to the utmost of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A fool for Christ
One of the things I like about being a Christian is the absurdity. Basically, it’s just another belief system, and goodness knows plenty of those exist. What’s special about Christianity is how truly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Whale that found its home…
Within my life, a few things happen by sheer force of will. But not all things. Many a good number of occurrences are when I let go, and well, let God. All of this past week was like that,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Quilt For Dietrich Bonhoeffer
So last month, I participated in National Poetry Writing Month, or NaPoWriMo. I didn’t mean to, in that I hadn’t planned it at all, until the evening of 1 April, when a poem sort of hit me over the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Quilting by Faith
This isn’t going to be a long post; usually I don’t start sewing until later in the morning, but what I was doing yesterday was left on the table, and I knew I needed to get off my keister and complete...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Makes Me Feel Alive…
I was thinking about this during the weekend, as I cut fabrics, once I’d read Laura Bruno Lilly’s post from 16 May, which was a pretty fine day in my neck of the woods. But one day leads to another,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Days Are Just Packed
I’m stealing a Calvin and Hobbes book title, but it’s the plain truth. Except for my daughter’s wedding two years ago, I’ve not been this busy in ages. It feels good, because while I’m only getting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Paperback Writer
I’m currently listening to that Beatles’ tune, which, ahem, inspired today’s title. As I typed it out in the title slot, I wondered if in ten, twenty, fifty years if the term paperback will be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Radium 223 Road Trip Part One
If my life were longer, say another couple hundred years, I’d write a novel based upon this entry’s title. But even if I live to my nineties, most likely the last few days will remain as a memory,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tropical popping…
A couple of days ago I finished this quilt top; in the meantime, I’ve quilted it, sewn around the perimeter, and just need to attach the binding. Sometimes making a quilt is like snapping one’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Quilt Ripening
A good friend of mine uses ripening to describe herself, and other things, that need time to percolate. I thought that word was perfect to illustrate how the Tropical Pop quilt has finally been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Disintegration Process
I’m borrowing this title from Blue Elephant Stitches, because I found it captivating, and aligned to how I want my quilts to evolve. While I’m not even done with my godchild’s blanket, I’m already...
View ArticleClik here to view.
And now for Advent…
When we lived in Britain, where Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated, Christmas was suddenly flung onto the landscape, as days grew short and dark. While we Yanks were contemplating turkey and mash and our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Quilt for My Godchild
Days ago, I finished this quilt, but just as I did, I had to leave for an extended sojourn; doctor appointments and an all-too-brief visit with Grand-Master Z. I was away from home for one week, many...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Where has December gone?
I know that’s an often-heard phrase at the end of the year, but seriously, where has this month disappeared to? Oh, the tasks I could list, ones accomplished, others screaming for attention. I have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Xtandi Factor
Part of my life this year has been spent on the road. While a couple of those sojourns have gone to the southland, most of those traveled miles have been within the northern part of California. And...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Christmas Place Mats (Also known as the lull before the calm…)
I spent much of Saturday completing the place mats, while watching American football. Hand-sewing is very complementary to viewing footie, especially when I’m not overly intrigued by the teams, just...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Year of Quilts
When I think back to 2014, several items stick in my mind; my father’s bout with chemotherapy, an invasion of grandchildren; minimal writing (although what I did accomplish concerned just one novel,...
View Article
